How Enigma and Lina perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Enigma and Lina win 50.47% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 7,410 matches.
Trying to follow up on a Black Hole often reveals the awkward fit here. On paper, Enigma groups enemies for an easy Light Strike Array. In practice, Lina’s strongest spell is the single-target Laguna Blade. Using a fight-winning ultimate to guarantee one kill feels inefficient, as she lacks the sustained area damage to threaten everyone caught for the full duration. While the combo can certainly delete a priority target, it doesn't quite capitalize on the teamwipe potential of a perfect Black Hole the way other heroes can.
This pairing can also suffer from mismatched tempos across the map. Enigma typically needs a quiet laning stage and jungle rotations to farm up his core items, especially a Blink Dagger. Lina often prefers a more aggressive pace, looking to apply pressure and find pickoffs as soon as she has her ultimate. This can lead to situations where one hero is ready to go and the other is still farming, making it difficult to coordinate their powerful spells for key objectives. The combo is functional, but feels less natural than many alternatives.
How this pairing performs across skill brackets — the duo's team win rate in recent ranked matches, split by average match rank. Ranks with too few recent matches are omitted. These rows use the last 30 days of quality-filtered ranked matches, all patches in that span combined — a wider window than the patch-scoped count above, so the per-rank match totals can exceed it.
| Rank | Team win rate | Matches |
|---|---|---|
| Herald & Guardian | 44.08% | 515 |
| Crusader & Archon | 47.37% | 1,085 |
| Legend & Ancient | 52.72% | 901 |
| Divine & Immortal | 56.39% | 438 |
This duo's team win rate in each recent balance patch — whether the pairing is trending up or down. Patches without enough matches are omitted.
| Patch | Team win rate | Change | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.41e | 50.47% | ▲ +0.9pp | 7,410 |
| 7.41d | 49.60% | ▲ +1.5pp | 69,655 |
| 7.41c | 48.12% | ▲ +0.4pp | 24,013 |
| 7.41b | 47.77% | — | 23,090 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.